Judge Roberts Blackmailed: Josh Bernstein

If Josh says so...

Seems like that would backfire pretty badly on the blackmailer in today’s day and age

I thought this was well known?

Dude, it's on the internet and video, no less. Why do you doubt?

Wow, this is 45 sec of my life wasted.

Can I get a refund?

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Video put out by Josh says that Roberts has two adopted kids from overseas that we adopted privately and that is not allowed in that country.

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The adoption was a strange arrangement. The NYTimes was almost certainly assembling a hit piece on it during Roberts' nomination. Then it suddenly backed down. Why?
The kids were born in Ireland, but somehow the adoption routed through Latin America.
For some reason, adoption for the Roberts was a long convoluted process.

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NY TIMES INVESTIGATES ADOPTION RECORDS OF SUPREME COURT NOMINEE'S CHILDREN
Drudge Report ^ | August 3, 2005

XXXXX DRUDGE REPORT XXXXX THU AUG 04, 2005 11:35:09 ET XXXXX

NY TIMES INVESTIGATES ADOPTION RECORDS OF SUPREME COURT NOMINEE'S CHILDREN

**Exclusive**

The DRUDGE REPORT has uncovered a plot in the NEW YORK TIMES' newsroom to look into the adoption of the children of Supreme Court Nominee John G. Roberts.

The TIMES has investigative reporter Glen Justice hot on the case to investigate adoption records of Judge Roberts’ two young children, Josie age 5 and Jack age 4, a top source reveals.

Judge Roberts and his wife Jane adopted the children when they each were infants.

Both children were adopted from Latin America.

A TIMES insider claims the look into the adoptions are part of the paper's "standard background check."

Roberts’ young son Jack delighted millions of Americans during his father’s Supreme Court nomination announcement ceremony when he wouldn’t stop dancing while the President and his father spoke to a national television audience.

One top Washington official with knowledge of the NEW YORK TIMES’ plans declared: “Trying to pry into the lives of the Roberts’ family like this is despicable. Children’s lives should be off limits. The TIMES is putting politics over fundamental decency.”

One top Republican official when told of the situation was incredulous. “This can’t possibly be true?”

It probably was true though

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So Roberts fearing his two kids would be taken away from him

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... bet it was more than that.

Something happened that made him 180 at the last minute. I am apt to believe some type of pressure was brought to bear on him.